Kenechukwu Chibuike Onyekwelu

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Parasitology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Epidemiology
Genetics
Molecular Biology

Publications: 212008–2026
Citations: 169to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.821.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%3 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 86%18 papers free to read

7 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

21 in all

Current Trends in the Control of Schistosomiasis Infections in the Tropics: A Narrative Review
2026International Journal of Medicine and Health DevelopmentJournalOpen access0 citations10.4103/ijmh.ijmh_108_24
Prevalence and mutational spectrum of the Pfmdr1 gene linked to antimalarial resistance in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from southeastern Nigeria

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health733%
Parasitology419%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism314%
Epidemiology314%
Genetics210%
Molecular Biology210%
Nutrition and Dietetics210%
Plant Science210%
Animal Science and Zoology15%
Cancer Research15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasites and Host Interactions4
Research on Leishmaniasis Studies4
Trypanosoma species research and implications3
Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research2
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research1
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism1
Animal Nutrition and Physiology1
Biological Research and Disease Studies1
Cancer Cells and Metastasis1
Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment1
Cardiovascular and exercise physiology1
Coconut Research and Applications1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

14% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

China1
United Kingdom1
Gambia1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Enugu State University of Science and TechnologyNG5 papers
University of BeninNG2 papers
Chinese Center For Disease Control and PreventionCN1 paper
Fudan UniversityCN1 paper
Medical Research CouncilGB1 paper
National Institute for Parasitic DiseasesCN1 paper
United Nations Children's FundUS1 paper
University of GlasgowGB1 paper
Godfrey Okoye UniversityNG1 paper
MRC Unit the GambiaGM1 paper

Where they publish

Cryobiology2
IntechOpen eBooks2
Animal Research International1
Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health1
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences1
Biomedical Research - India1
Clinical Medicine Research

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger7
3Good health and well-being3
14Life below water3
1No poverty2
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Urinary schistosomiasis in Nigeria: a 50 year review of prevalence, distribution and disease burden
Parasite
201968 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Sustainable Elimination (Zero Cases) of Sleeping Sickness: How Far Are We from Achieving This Goal?
Pathogens2
201919 citationsOpen access · Gold
Life Cycle ofTrypanosoma cruziin the Invertebrate and the Vertebrate Hosts

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Isolation, Structural Elucidation and Therapeutic Potentials of Root of Cucurbita pepo

2021Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical SciencesJournalOpen accessCorresponding7 citations10.36468/pharmaceutical-sciences.884

Life Cycle ofTrypanosoma cruziin the Invertebrate and the Vertebrate Hosts

2019IntechOpen eBooksBook chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.5772/intechopen.84639

Ethanol

2019IntechOpen eBooksBook chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.5772/intechopen.79861

Changes during vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) and normal state in sickle cell disease patients

2019Medical Case reports and ReviewsJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.15761/mcrr.1000122

Effects of Colocasia esculenta leaf extract in anemic and normal wistar rats

2018Journal of Medical SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.4103/jmedsci.jmedsci_80_17

Iodine nutrition of school children residing in area of local noniodized salt production

2016Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4103/2349-5006.196332

Effect Of Crude Oil And Its Products On Bilirubin Of African Catfish Clarias gariepinus

2008Animal Research InternationalJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4314/ari.v3i3.40785

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics1

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 9 · 43%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 24%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 14%Behind a paywall

201917 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Isolation, Structural Elucidation and Therapeutic Potentials of Root of Cucurbita pepo

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences2

20217 citationsOpen access · Diamond